Hospitals wait years to be reimbursed for serving low-income residents

What happens to school budgets when Mainers vote ‘no’? At least a dozen school districts saw budget rejections this year. Here’s how they’re trying to move forward. Read this story by Kristian Moravec of The Maine Monitor.

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Maine hospitals wait years to be reimbursed for serving low-income residents | Portland Press Herald

Maine environmental researchers grapple with federal funding changes | The Maine Monitor

Maine’s school funding formula has long been called inequitable. Changing it is complicated. | Portland Press Herald

Southern Baptists growing in Maine despite national decline | The Maine Monitor

Mother charged after 3-year-old found dead in car in Milford | WABI

How Maine towns are regulating development in flood zones | The Maine Monitor

Person struck and killed by Amtrak train in Scarborough | WGME

For Cooper Flagg, homecoming remains special as celebrity grows | Portland Press Herald

Bangor Mall owner fined $1.8M in Pennsylvania as court case in Maine drags on | Bangor Daily News

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